16.5 million Dutch residents

31/03/2009 15:00

According to Statistics Netherlands, there were 16.5 million people living in the Netherlands on 16 March 2009. In the past year, the Dutch population grew by approximately 200 each day, but the growth is slowing down. The 16 million mark was reached eight years ago. It took five years for the population to grow from 15.5 to 16 million.